Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
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The Chicago Farmers Revisw il III
issue this week says: The average yield Of
winter and spring wheat, and oats, as
shown by threshing, is reported as follows:
Illihois-W Winter wheat, Il bushels per
| acre; oats. - bushels lndiana--Winter
Winter wheat, Isl bushels: e spring wheat,
| ls1a bushels; oats, 81 bushels. Kansas
4 Winter wheat. lO14 bushels; oats, 25N
bushels. Kentucky wheat, IL
bushels; oats, i2 .-l6 bushels. Minnesota
A Spring wheat, ID bushels; oats, 35 bushels.
Two counties report failure of the spring
wheat crop. Missouri-Winter wheat, Is
bushels; oats 81 bushels. Nebraska
4 Surfing wheat, IA bushels; winter wheat,
bushels; oats, 81 bushels. Ohio
Dakota- Spring wheat, AZ bushels; oats,
~ bushels. Pastures continue to show inn
Eprovenlent in condition.
The Toledo vicinage, in Ohio. has suf-
fered a tornado visitation. Itoriginated in
Southern Michigan aud did considerable
I damage. i The track of the tornado was
l south by east from Toledo, along the line OF
the Toledo & Ohio Central road. Tt is from
| lOO to 200 yards wide; no fences nor tall
trees are standing in this track; corn is
scattered, houses and barns unroofed for
miles. At Waterville and other villages to
the southwark there is much ininry DONE
No loss OF life is reported, but many narrow
| escapes are narrated. DR.. Embury, the
assistant superintendent Of the insane
grounds with his wife and little girl The
buggy was overturned and the three
thrown out. The. doctor held on to the
vehicle, was lifted and carried several rods.
His wife and child were carried over q
hundred fest and dropped into ditch in
two feet of water.
The Charleston, s.. G.. News at Courier
publishes trade review for that city for
the commercial year showing eavy fall
ing OFT in cotton receipts, but a heavy gain
IN receipts Of naval stores and domestics is
also noted. The total trade is over $66, ,250,
OOO, only $500, 900 less than in the preceding
year, despite the diminished cotton receipts.
The amount Of the general wholesale and
retail trade and of manufacturers is s., OO0,-
oOe1n excess of the prev ous year. The cot
by 67,00 bales; corn BY 3,ON.OuO bushels,
and wheat and oats by 5,OO0,0 600 bushels
each. The News and Couriers review of
the earthquake work will show that the cost
OF rebuilding and repairs is $3.50 600, of
past year 6, ,Oc0 buildings have heen rebuilt
or repaired, and 2l7 new buildings have
been erected.
In the Montana legislature, in the council
Mr. Burleigh maue the statement that the
and prairie dogs since April / had been
nearly $4,000. He introduced bill to re-
peal the bounty law, and the council passed
the same Immediately, under suspension
of the rules. The house bill reducing bounties
was laid on the table. In the house the bill
to repeal the law concerning the sale Of
Liquors in variety theaters failed to pass.
The bill to create tie county of Cascade
with the county seat at Great Falls oc-
casioneda lively discussion, but the Cascade
point in committee Of the whole. This
scheme attracts more attention. than all
other acts OF the session on accent of the
pressure for and against it. 2
Advices from Saratoga, Worcester, Bing-
hamton and Norwich, NY, and Haverhill
Mass, report extremely violent wind storm
accompanied by the heaviest downpour of
rains experienced in years. At Saratoga it
ended with a fall Of hailstones, some of
which measured an inch to- an inch and a
half in diameter. It resulted in great de-
were unroofed and many barns blown
down, while others were struck by lightn-
ing and burned. Several persons were
picked up. and carried considerable dis
tances and at Worcester, Amos Connen was
dashed against o barrel and killed. At
Haverhill several persons were partially
paralyzed by astroke of ligetning.
A singular accident befen Dr. Wetmore,
venerable physician of Waterloo, Ill. On
his way to Washington to attend the Nedi-
cal Congress he arose in his sleep and walk
ed OF the train. He was picked up at Penns-
boro Va, and though at first it was thought
he would die, his injuries are not now
thought to be necessarily fatal They con-
sist of large scalp wound over the right
parietal bone. A piece of scalp, circular in
shape, and about two inches across, was
torn loose and exposed the skull. There is
also confused wound over the right elbow
that bled freely after being dressed. There
is no evidence of q fracture of the skull.
Two months ago Judge Noonan of st.
Louis decided the Sunday law not operative
in st. Louis, and the bars in saloons and
had been closed by the police were
Immediately rAopened. The case was ta ken
to the Circuit Court and Judge Valiant
handed down decision in which he holds
that the law is applicable to st. Louis, ami
calls upon the Board of Police Commission
ers to enforce it. The decision has caused
the greatest excitement among the saloon
element. Az appeal was Immediately
taken to the Supreme Court, and is prob
able that the law will not be enforced until
the Supreme Court passes on 1t.
On the l1th, as the New York express was
descendinga steep grade near Rodamer's
station W. Va, on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, the brakes refused to work. The
train became unmanageable, and dashed
down the grade at the rate Of IS miles an
and two baggage cars left the track, plung-
ing into ravine 100 feet deem ,Rrakaman-